Nature Solutions Events, Conferences, Webinars
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Tuesday 08 October - Thursday 10 October
Global Nature Positive Summit
Sydney (Australia)
Nature protection and repair is an immense job. Government funding has an important role to play. But the scale of the challenge means that governments can’t do the job alone. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework sets a target of US$200 billion funding per year to spend on nature repair by 2030.
The 2021 State of the Environment Report found a need for a significant investment in conservation and restoration to reverse the decline in Australia’s natural environment. This task will take collective action, across government, individual landholders and voluntary private sector investment.
That is why Australia will host the first Global Nature Positive Summit. It aims to boost private sector investment to protect and repair our environment.
The Summit brings together domestic and international delegates including:
- environment and climate ministers
- corporate and business leaders
- environment groups
- First Nations peoples
- scientists and academics
- community leaders.
The world relies on nature. When nature thrives, people and economies thrive too. But nature across the globe is under threat from human activities and climate change. We are losing biodiversity and species at an alarming rate.
We must find ways to not only halt this loss, but repair and regenerate nature.
The Summit will enable an ambitious global agenda. It will focus on solutions to the triple planetary crisis on:
- climate change
- pollution
- biodiversity loss.
It will provide what nations need to attract investment, including:
- knowledge
- tools
- technical support
- ‘how to’ guidance for investors and project developers.
Nature Positive prioritises the environment in all decision making and actions. This improves nature’s circumstances by reducing negative pressures. It supports the regeneration and repair of nature and considers the interlinked value of species and ecosystems.
Nature Positive challenges us to shift our mindset and put nature first.
At the Summit the best environmental and financial minds from every continent will showcase successful conservation and restoration activities. There will be guidelines on how these examples can be used to unlock new investment streams. The Summit will highlight the importance of clear and consistent policy settings. This aims to provide businesses the ability to invest in nature positive projects with confidence, and to be able to measure the value of these investments transparently and robustly.
For more information, download our brochure:
Global Nature Positive Summit Outline (PDF 8.42 MB)
Global Nature Positive Summit Outline (DOCX 98.9 KB)
Saturday 12 October
World Migratory Bird Day 2
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The upcoming World Migratory Bird Day campaign in 2024 will focus on the importance of insects for migratory birds, and highlight concerns related to decreasing populations of insects.
Insects are essential sources of energy for many migratory bird species, not only during the breeding seasons but also during their extensive journeys and greatly affect the timing, duration, and overall success of bird migrations.
Along their migration routes, birds actively seek out insects in fields, forests, wetlands, and various habitats during stopovers. The timing of bird migration often coincides with peak insect abundance at stopover locations, supplying nourishment for birds to replenish their energy reserves before continuing their journeys.
The World Migratory Bird Day campaign in 2024 will stress the need for proactive conservation measures. This includes reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers, and where possible, switching to organic farming. Other measures include maintaining and connecting areas of natural vegetation which provide food and shelter for birds and other species, in agricultural landscapes.
In 2024, World Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated on two days, 11 May and 12 October, aligning with the cyclic nature of bird migration in different hemispheres.
Sunday 13 October
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
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The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face
Wednesday 16 October
World Food Day
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Collective action across 150 countries worldwide, in up to 50 languages, is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together governments, municipalities, businesses, CSOs, the media, the public, even youth. They promote worldwide awareness of hunger and promote action for the future of food, people and the planet.
Monday 21 October - Friday 01 November
United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) – “Peace with Nature”
Colombia
COP 16 will be the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada.
At COP 16, governments will be tasked with reviewing the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Parties to the Convention are expected to show the alignment of their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with the Framework. COP 16 will further develop the monitoring framework and advance resource mobilization for the Global Biodiversity Framework. Among other tasks, COP 16 is also due to finalize and operationalize the multilateral mechanism on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
